What is the purpose of Siouxland Change for Children? :

What is the purpose of Siouxland Change for Children?:

The purpose of Siouxland Change for Children is to collect spare change and other donations and use it to purchase clothing for students in need in public and private schools in Siouxland, and career clothing for high school students who need them for interviews but cannot afford them.

The organization was proposed to and adopted by Mayor’s Youth Commission early in 2012. A goal was set of collecting $500.00 and donating 500 pieces of clothing to schools by the beginning of the school year in 2012. Members of MYC collected $718.91.

With the $718.91 collected, approximately 948 pieces of clothing were purchased. In addition, Redeemer Lutheran donated 345 items for a total of 1293 career and casual clothing items which were distributed to local schools in the fall of 2012. Since that time, an additional $1519.30.00 was donated by the Sioux City Police Officers’ Association, the Mayor and City Manager of Sioux City and individuals. This additional money was used to purchase socks, underwear, coats and casual and career clothing which were distributed to schools early in 2013. This amounts to a grand total of $2238.21 raised and 2650 pieces of clothing distributed to students in need in the Siouxland area.

CLOTHING PURCHASED AND DONATED

Collect spare change at your business or organization.

Donate leftover clothing from garage sales.

Donate casual or career clothing from your retail business

For more information or to donate change or clothing, please email siouxlandchangeforchildren@live.com or call or text 712-281-2021.

WAYS COMMUNITY CAN GET INVOLVED

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Email Address: siouxlandchangeforchildren@live.com

Phone Number: 712-281-2021

The following slides show a small sampling of the items purchased and clothing donated.

Redeemer Lutheran donated approximately 345 pieces of clothing which was leftover from their garage sale.

$850.00 worth of underwear (592 pairs) and socks (575 pairs) were delivered to ten local schools.